Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.5: St Neot is older than 96% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; St Neot has 18%. The village had 309 residents in 147 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 87% of UK towns: 9%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.4%), St Neot is below 87% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
St Neot ranks below 92% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.7%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 5.5%, against 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 96% of UK towns, at 1.4%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
A third of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.1 people.
Fewer flats than 94% of UK towns: 2.7% of households
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 22% of households live in a terraced house here. Here, 52% of households live in a detached house. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 96% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On residents born outside the UK, St Neot sits lower than nearly two thirds of UK towns: 4.9%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 69% of UK towns, at 53%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 97% of St Neot · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
St Neot ranks below 82% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 28%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 5. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 8% of residents give unpaid care. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%).
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest St Neot, 1 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cornwall’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cornwall (or England), summed the same way as St Neot’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about St Neot’s residents
What is the population of St Neot?
The 2021 Census counted 309 people in St Neot’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Neot?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Neot?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Neot?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is St Neot good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Neot’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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